US plans new space weapons against China, page 1

US plans new space weapons against China

www.telegraph.co.uk

The Pentagon is spending billions of dollars on new forms of space warfare to counter the growing risk of missile attack from rogue states and the "satellite killer" capabilities of China.Congress has allocated funds to develop futuristic weapons and intelligence systems that operate beyond the Earth's atmosphere as America looks past Iraq and Afghanistan to the wars of the future.

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This is probably no new surprise to alot of us here. Clearly the U.S is countering the launch of China's new missle that can destroy sattelites. It would appear as though the rhetoric has shifted torward space capable technologies. It will be interesting to follow what other projects they will release to public information regarding space.

Edit: It would appear there is a discussion already under a different title and source.www.abovetopsecret.com...

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[edit on 14-11-2007 by highfreq]

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